An apostle is an messenger. Simon Peter, Andrew, James son of Zebedee, John, Philip, and Bartholomew were key Apostles that had dedication to serve Jesus and carry out Jesus’ mission. Jesus selected them because he thought they were able to disciple to his followers and be an example of Him. The Apostles were important foundation stones of the Church and their faithfulness to the Church was shown throughout their lifetime. Some of Jesus’ Apostles denied and betrayed him, hurting Jesus, not his true followers but some didn’t and stayed with Jesus through all the hardship. Simon Peter, the first disciple and one of the most known disciples, had much faith and strength but also much weakness and shortcomings throughout his lifetime. Impulsive and emotional, Peter is best known for denying Jesus when the pressure was on. Even so, as a disciple he was dearly loved by Christ, holding a special place among the twelve. His brother, Andrew, and him were both fisherman who had a firm
He lived in Bethsaida and Capernaum and was a fisherman before Jesus called him. He knew his mission was to point people to the Messiah. Andrew lived in the shadow of his brother, Simon Peter through most of his life. Even though Andrew was less famous than his brother, he led Peter to Christ and many others. During Jesus’ ministry he used five loaves of bread from a boy, brought forth by Andrew, to feed the five thousand people who had gathered to hear the word of God. Andrew was a person who thirsted for truth and found it in the living water of Jesus Christ. Andrew died a martyr by Aegeas, crucified on an X-shaped cross, which is still called Saint Andrew's cross and is one of his apostolic symbols. The X-shaped cross also meant a symbol of two crossed fish because he was formerly a fisherman. He wanted to be different than Jesus by not having the same shape
Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte from Antioch (Acts 6:5). To be a part of the deaconate order
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Mark's Gospel and Nature of Discipleship In Mark's Gospel, there are many accounts of Jesus' disciples and Apostles which are helpful to Christians as examples of the nature of discipleship. In this part of my coursework essay I hope to address questions involving what Mark's Gospel tells us about Jesus' disciples and Apostles, as well as defining the principle of what being a disciple entails, and defining also who the apostles were. This is because by learning about past disciples and the Apostles, a modern disciple of the Church can learn about the nature of discipleship. A disciple is somebody who is inspired enough by somebody to learn about them, listen to their ideas and follow them and their way of life.
On March 12, 1932, Andrew Young was born. His family was wealthier than some, it being a prosperous middle-class family. He was born and raised in New Orleans, LA. They never knew how much he would affect the state of GA, let alone an entire race of people. He made many advancements for the NAACP, and also worked closely with Martin Luther King Jr. He was one of the most influential people of his era, and forever changed the way of life for many.
for people in my parish. A great example of a disciple is John Paul 2nd.
I know who you are—the Holy One of God?’” and again in 3:11, “whenever the impure spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, ‘You are the Son of God’”. The disciples are ignorant to fact that the man who called them to drop everything and follow him was the Messiah. Peter properly identifies Jesus in chapter 8 when Jesus asks who they believe he is, but later when Jesus goes into the details of his death Peter denies it and Jesus addresses him as Satan. This is also the point in which Jesus says, “take up your cross and follow me” meaning that they too will
Jesus had 12 disciples, disciple means follower or pupil, even long after the death of Jesus these disciples would continue teaching about Jesus. The first four books of the bible were written by the Disciple these books are called apostles they are as follows Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Jesus became famous, because he appealed to the rich and poor alike, he had few or no possessions and he traveled all over what was then considered to be the world. Jesus attracted attention from both Jewish and Roman leaders.
The Book of Acts begins with Jesus Holy Spirit appearing to the chosen apostles over a period of forty days and speaking to them about the kingdom of God. Jesus commanded the apostles not to leave Jerusalem and wait on the gift promised by His father. The gift to the apostles was to be baptized by the Holy Spirit. Jesus then told his apostles you will receive the power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and the ends of the earth. Peter serves as the leader of the apostles. The first thing ordered was to elect Matthias as the twelfth apostle, replacing the traitor Judas.
James was the brother of Jesus, thus making Jude Jesus’ brother also (Judas, Matthew 13:55). Some people think that Jude was also one of the twelve apostles, and that sometimes he went by the name Thaddaeus or Lebbaeus (Matthew 10:3 and Mark 3:18), but in other references to the twelve apostles (Luke 6:16 and Acts 1:13) Jude is referred to as, “Judas the son of James.” Both Peter and Jude would have had a close relationship with Jesus, and since they could both possibly be one of the twelve apostles, one could assume that they were receiving very similar or even the same teaching, this would help in contrib... ... middle of paper ... ...
The Apostle Paul is known as the greatest missionary of the early church. Paul, who once vowed to wipe out belief in Jesus Christ, was later converted to do the work of Christ. He would author almost half of the 27 books in the New Testament. He endured sickness, rejection, and repeated attacks on his life to bring the message of God's grace and forgiveness to Gentiles. Paul was the apostle largely responsible for the solid inception and growth of Christianity. He spoke before Jews, Greeks, and Romans. Paul is known as the apostle to the Gentiles. He defended God's Word before kings and emperors of this world. By the end of his life, much of the Mediterranean world had been reached with the gospel.
St. John was the son of Zebedee, and the brother of St. James the Great with whom he was brought up to the trade of fishing. While Jesus was spreading his teachings and his miracles St. John entered public ministry. Then in his first year of public ministry our Lord called him to be an Apostle. He was called to be an Apostle with his brother, as they were mending their nets on the sea of Galilee. St. John was the youngest of all the apostles, and outlived the others.
John was therefore an impetuous person, who demonstrated immense temperament behaviors together with his brother James. John can therefore be described as an individual who illustrated intolerance and selfishness. Ones they were selected to serve as Christ’s disciples, these two brothers continued to portray rude and impetuous behaviors. One incident was during the time when Jesus was nearing his crucifixion that he planned to go to Jerusalem. While in Samaria en-route Jerusalem, Jesus was not received and John, together with his brother James, requested for powers to burn the Samaritans through fire from heaven.
Overall I see myself and Simon Peter alike in many ways. We react to situations the same. God has blessed us both with a sanguine temperament. Like God used Peter, He will use me. With God's guidance, and influence I can bear fruit just as Peter did.
What is an apostle? The word apostle means “one who is sent out”. The most similar word that we have in the English lauguage is the word missionary. There are two different occasions that the word apostle is used in the New Testament. It is for the vast majority used to describe the twelve apostles of Jesus, however, there were also apostles that were not of “the Twelve”. The Acts and other New Testament writings mentioned several of these men. The most well-known is Paul. Paul was not a disciple of Christ during his earthly ministry, therefore he was technically not one of “the Twelve”, although he was accepted as having equal authority as an apostle. The other apostles were traveling missionaries for the Lord and for “the Twelve”. These apostles were under the authority of “the Twelve”, who were the direct recipients of the Lord 's teaching.
Historically, the cross served as being a symbol of death, suffering, and execution. In today's world however, it means much more than that. For Christians, the cross is of an immense importance because of the fact that it provides simplicity, direction and motivation in people's chaotic lives. Most importantly, it is a representation of the affirmation of faith. Jesus was sent to earth to spread the word of God and to die for the sins of the Christian people. Therefore, the symbol of his heroic death, the cross, is something that Christians will continuously praise and hold in high authority.